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Drypoint etching C. 1920. Plate signed in the lower left, pencil signed in the lower right with "imp," indicating that the artist printed it himself. Plate measures 6 x 8 1/2 inches on 8 1/4 x 11 3/4 inch laid paper. Sagot publisher's stamp in the lower right. Edition of 39. A fine impression with plate toning. Leheutre studied to be a painter but after seeing an exhibit of Whistler etchings exhibited in 1892 by Georges Petit, he switched from painting to printmaking, concentrating primarily on landscapes or city scenes. He became known as the "French Whistler." He was a member of the group of Nabis, Post-Impressionist avant-garde artists who set the pace for fine arts and graphic arts in France in the 1890's.
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